USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
13 cases in NM from 1957 · page 1 of 1
Albuquerque, NM
1957 · unidentifiedAround 10:45 p.m. on November 4, 1957, a Civil Aeronautics Administration radar operator at the Albuquerque control tower at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico noticed an uniden…
Almogordo, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn October 16, 1957, a government employee at the White Sands Missile Range near Almogordo, New Mexico took a color photograph of an unusual object hovering over the landscape. The…
Cannon AFB, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn the morning of November 6, 1957, radar operators at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico tracked a slow-moving object across their scopes. The object appeared to be about the siz…
Continental Divide AFS, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn December 11, 1957, observers near Continental Divide Air Force Station, New Mexico reported up to about two dozen oblong objects the size of a pencil eraser, colored like cigare…
E of Farmington, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 26, 1957, east of Farmington, New Mexico, a civilian observer reported seeing one object described as long, the size of a bulky fountain pen, brilliant white in color,…
La Madera, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn December 6, 1957, near La Madera, New Mexico, a civilian observer reported seeing one round object the size of a basketball with a white light. The object moved side to side abo…
Las Cruces AFS, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn February 7, 1957, at Las Cruces Air Force Station in New Mexico, radar operators detected 54 unidentified objects on their screens between 7:05 a.m. and 12:22 p.m. The targets a…
N of Hurley, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 12, 1957, a civilian observer north of Hurley, New Mexico saw a round object about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object was bright red. Small stars appea…
Pecos, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn September 16, 1957, at about 1935 (7:35 p.m.) near Pecos, New Mexico, a civilian saw one disc-shaped object through eyeglasses. It was about the size of a grapefruit, white with…
Radium Springs, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 6, 1957, witnesses at Radium Springs, New Mexico, reported one object in the sky. The witnesses were military and civilian. The sighting was a ground visual observation…
Regina, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 5, 1957, in Regina, New Mexico, a civilian observer reported seeing a star-like object the size of a baseball that was red-blue in color and made a whistling sound. The…
Santa Fe, NM
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 5, 1957, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, a civilian reported seeing a red and white flashing object about the size of a silver dollar. The object was round with a white circ…
White Sands, NM
1957 · unidentifiedAt about 1 p.m. on November 4, 1957, James Stokes, an electronic warfare engineer at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, was driving south on U.S. Highway 54 toward El Paso w…
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